Operator and strategist with 12+ years of experience creating value for customers, investors and the teams i lead
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Years of Exp.
20years
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4/17
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Big 3 Consulting (MBB)
Top Consulting Firms
Experience
CEB is now Gartner
Corporate Strategy & Development
Director of Corporate Strategy & Development
10/2010 - Present
I advise and support the CEO, Board and executive team, leading a rotating portfolio of organic and inorganic growth (Venture investments, partnerships & acquisitions) and profitability initiatives alongside annual strategic planning.
Generation Enterprise
Start-Up
Co-Founder & Board Member
1/2008 - Present
I launched, pivoted and co-lead an organization scaling triple bottom line businesses in Nigeria. Select achievements include: Trained 1000+ at risk youth, launched 200+ microenterprises, boosted participant income by 12x on average, and current scaling first portfolio SMB. Published “Building Lean Startups at the Bottom of the Pyramid” in MIT Innovations Journal to share lessons learned with other emerging market entrepreneurs.
CEB
Operations
Head of Integration
2/2016 - 2/2017
I led CEB’s second largest integration, reporting directly to CEO. Select achievements include $50M+ revenue & cost synergies and 25% reduction in commercial team attrition.
CEB
Marketing
Head of Marketing - CEB Leadership Solutions
1/2015 - 6/2015
Hand-picked by CMO to lead launch-marketing for a new business unit- from strategy to design through to implementation. Select achievements include $13M in weighted pipeline from marketing-generated leads in the first quarter of launch.
McKinsey & Company
Management Consulting
Associate / Specialist
9/2005 - 10/2010
I helped launch McKinsey’s Social Sector Office, while serving a range of clients on philanthropy, education, global public health and economic development.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Management Consulting
Independent Adviser to the Board
2/2010 - 10/2010
I supported the head of Global Partnerships, Bill & Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet to design and execute the Giving Pledge. Select achievements include $730B+ pledged to Philanthropy via the Gates Foundation Giving Pledge; and the first gathering of Chinese billionaires to discuss philanthropy.
Education
George Mason University (2008)
MA -
International Commerce & Policy
University of Cambridge (2005)
BA -
Economics (JYA)
Tulane University (2005)
BA -
Political Economy & Philosophy (Double Major)